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Supporters of Haiti's presidential candidate Michel 'Sweet Micky' Martelly celebrate after the announcement of preliminary results for the presidential election runoff in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on April 4. Martelly won Haiti's presidential election in a landslide victory that tapped into deep popular desire for change in the poor, earthquake-battered Caribbean state. Ramon Espinosa/AP

Haiti's presidential candidate Michel Martelly poses for a photo with supporters at a campaign rally in Gonaives, Haiti, on March 11. Ramon Espinosa/AP

Supporters of Haiti's presidential candidate Michel Martelly carry a large poster of him as they celebrate after the announcement of preliminary results for the presidential election runoff in the Petion Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on April 4. Dieu Nalio Chery/AP

A supporter of Haiti's presidential candidate Michel Martelly shows Mr. Martelly's picture (r.) next to that of Haiti's former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide before the announcement of preliminary election results in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on April 4. Mr. Aristide returned to Haiti in March after seven years of exile in South Africa. Ramon Espinosa/AP

Supporters of presidential candidate Michel Martelly celebrate his victory in Port-au-Prince on April 4. Preliminary results announced by the Provisional Electoral Council on Monday gave the 50-year-old entertainer a clear win with nearly 68 percent of the vote, compared with just under 32 percent for his rival, former first lady Mirlande Manigat. Swoan Parker/Reuters

A supporter of Haiti's presidential candidate Michel Martelly shows off his hair shaped in the number 8, referring to Martelly's number on voting ballots, as supporters wait for preliminary election runoff results in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on April 4. Ramon Espinosa/AP

On Monday, a South Korean textile company opened a 600-acre industrial park in Haiti. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton were on hand, as well as a number of American celebrities.

BySusana Ferreira and Andrew Quinn, ReutersOctober 22, 2012

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presided over the opening of a $300 million industrial park in Haiti on Monday, a venture led by a South Korea textile company that could bring thousands of jobs to the poorest country in the Americas.